Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage ensemble

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial facilities that illustrate Japan’s rapid transformation into a modern industrialized nation.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining	4
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution	2
Industrial Heritage of Japan	1
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (Hashima Island component)	1
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (Yahata steel works, etc.)	1
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) canonical	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2168443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
Context triple: [Nagasaki, UNESCOWorldHeritageNearby, Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)]

A. Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site
Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site is an archaeological park in Osaka preserving the remains of an ancient imperial palace that once served as Japan’s capital in the 7th–8th centuries.
B. Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of castles, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes that reflect the unique Ryukyuan civilization and its historical ties across East and Southeast Asia.
C. Sendai Castle ruins
The Sendai Castle ruins are the remains of a historic hilltop fortress built by feudal lord Date Masamune, now a popular scenic and cultural site overlooking the city of Sendai in Japan.
D. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
The Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto are a group of temples, shrines, and historic sites in Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu that collectively showcase the cultural, religious, and architectural legacy of Japan’s former imperial capital.
E. Important Cultural Properties of Japan
Important Cultural Properties of Japan are officially designated cultural assets—such as buildings, artworks, and artifacts—recognized by the Japanese government for their exceptional historical, artistic, or academic value and protected under national heritage laws.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
Target entity description: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial facilities that illustrate Japan’s rapid transformation into a modern industrialized nation.

A. Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site
Naniwa-no-Miya Palace Site is an archaeological park in Osaka preserving the remains of an ancient imperial palace that once served as Japan’s capital in the 7th–8th centuries.
B. Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of castles, archaeological sites, and cultural landscapes that reflect the unique Ryukyuan civilization and its historical ties across East and Southeast Asia.
C. Sendai Castle ruins
The Sendai Castle ruins are the remains of a historic hilltop fortress built by feudal lord Date Masamune, now a popular scenic and cultural site overlooking the city of Sendai in Japan.
D. Nakagin Capsule Tower
Nakagin Capsule Tower is a pioneering example of Japanese Metabolist architecture, consisting of modular, prefabricated living capsules attached to a central core in Tokyo.
E. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
The Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto are a group of temples, shrines, and historic sites in Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu that collectively showcase the cultural, religious, and architectural legacy of Japan’s former imperial capital.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage ensemble ⓘ
associatedWithEra	Meiji period ⓘ linked to: Meiji era early Taisho period ⓘ
componentSite	Hagi ⓘ Hashima Island ⓘ Kamaishi NERFINISHED ⓘ Miike coal mine ⓘ Nagasaki shipyard ⓘ linked to: Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard Shuseikan ⓘ Yahata steel works ⓘ
containsSiteType	coal mining facilities ⓘ engineering works ⓘ iron and steel works ⓘ shipyards ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
demonstrates	rapid industrialization of Japan ⓘ transfer of Western industrial technology to Japan ⓘ
geographicRegion	Iwate Prefecture ⓘ Kagoshima Prefecture ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ Shizuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
HashimaIslandAlsoKnownAs	Gunkanjima ⓘ
hasManagementAuthority	Government of Japan ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageType	serial property ⓘ
historicalTheme	Meiji-era modernization ⓘ industrialization of Japan ⓘ
includesNotableIsland	Hashima Island ⓘ
inscriptionYear	2015 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Japanese ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Asia ⓘ
mainIndustrialSector	coal mining ⓘ iron and steel production ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
numberOfComponentSites	23 ⓘ
officialName	Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining ⓘ linked to: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
periodRepresented	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
recognizedBy	UNESCO World Heritage Committee ⓘ linked to: World Heritage Committee
timeSpanCovered	1850s ⓘ 1910 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId	1484 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	criterion (ii) ⓘ criterion (iv) ⓘ criterion (vi) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nagasaki → UNESCOWorldHeritageNearby → Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) ⓘ

Fukuoka Prefecture → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (Yahata steel works, etc.) ⓘ